Combined end-gate and scoop-board



(No Model.)

L. W. BAYLIES. COMBINED END GATE ANDSOOOP BOARD.

Patented July 23, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE.

LAlVSON BAYLIES, OF NEOLA, IOXVA.

COMBINED END-GATE AND SCOOP-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,507, dated July 23,1889.

Application filedMarch 30, 1889. $erial No. 305,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LAWSON \V. BAYLIES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Neola, in the county of Pottawattomie and State of- Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined End-Gateand Scoop-Board; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in end-gates for wagon-beds, andhas for its object the production of a combination scoopboard andend-gate for the convenience of unloading the contents of such bed. Thisresult l attain by means of the mechanism hereinafter described,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which similarletters of reference refer to corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective rear view of my invention, showing theposition occupied by the gate when closed. Fig. 2 has the same viewshowing the position occupied by my improved gate when opened,while Fig.3 again represents the same view showing the gate suspended on top ofthe wagon-bed and thereby leaving the end of such bed open.

Referring to the several parts of my invention by letter,A indicates thebody of my improved end-gate, which is to be made of any suitablematerial, of a height equal to a height slightly exceeding that of thewagon-bed, and ot' a width sufficient to enable the attachment ofside-boards to be made, allowing such sideboards to snugly inclose theend of the bed, as will be hereinafter shown.

To strengthen the body A, two or more cleats a may be attached near thetop and bottom in any preferred way. Tothe sides of A, I attachside-boards G, such side-boards somewhat r'esembling an elongatedtriangle in shape, having at the bottom a rounded notch near its middleand a rounded point a, such point fitting into the projecting bend ofclamp B. Clamp B can be made either in the form of a staple passingthrough the side of the bed and secured to the other side, or it may bemade of a piece of strap-iron so bent near its middle as to project inthe form of a staple and having the ends secured by a rivet or bolt forthe obvious purpose of supporting the gate when such gate occupies aperpendicular position, as shown in Fig. 1. An additional support isgiven to the end-gate by means of the projecting end of the bottom ofthe bed. On each side of the upper part of the bed I provide a bolt topass through the side otthe bed, having on its outer end a ring I), suchring to be held away from the bed by means of any suitable shoulder orwasher, secured on the inner side by remov. blenut in the usual manner.The object of the ring thus arranged is to receive the supporting-rodZ)". This rod is to be secured to the end-gate by being turned throughthe eye provided in the end of brace Z). The other end of rod 1)" is tobe turned so as to form a hook. This rod Z)" is to be of sufficientlength to enable the end-gate to assume a position at an angle of fromtwenty to thirty degrees with the gate when such gate is opened, asshown in Fig.1. Near the lower end of side-boards O, I attach, by meansof a bolt or rivet, a spring so bent at its detached end as to readilyadmit of rod 12 being forced under it, and further bent and shaped so asto readily receive and retain such rod.

My invention is adapted to being attached to the ordinary wagon-bed incommon use in lieu of the usual end-gates, held in position byperpendicular cleats on the inside of the end of the bed. To attach myimproved end-gate, the rounded point a on the lower ends of sideboards 0is to be received by the projecting bend of clamp B,whi1e the detachedend of rod 1) is to be inserted in the ring I), when the gate may beraised to a perpendicular position, thus forcing the rod 1) through thering 1) its entire-length, when the hook end of such rod may be broughtdown and secured under the end of spring 0, as shown in Fig. 1. The endof brace b, to which is attached rod 1)", is to extend beyond the edgeof side-board O sufficiently to enter ringb, and it will be observedthat such brace is firmly secured in such ring, when the rod 1) is madeto assume a perpendicular position and the hook end of same securedunder spring 0. The gate will be released and opened by first releasingthe end of rod 1) and bringing such rod in a position parallel with thebody of the bed,when

the gate may be lowered either the full length of the rod, so as toengage the hook on such rod with ring Z), as shown in Fig. 2, or thegate may be only partly lowered, and then raised entirely out of itssupport and made to assume the position shown in Fig.

Having described my invention,what I desire to secure by Letters Patentis In a combination scoop-board and end-gate, the combination, with aWagon-bed, the body A of sulficient width to slightly exceed the widthof the bed, provided with side-boards G, having 011 their lower end arounded notch near their middle, and a rounded point a, and having abrace b for engaging with rod 1), such rod having at its other end ahook to engage with ring I), clamp 13, for the purpose of securing therounded point a, and the ringheaded bolt b, all as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 20 presence of twowitnesses.

LAXVSON W. BAYLIES.

\Vitn ess es:

D. MASON HELMICK, B. MINTURN.

